Top 20 Most Shocking Fear the Walking Dead Moments
By Nir Regev
3) Nick Wakes Up to Find Life Changed Forever
The first impression always lives on for a lifetime. Fear the Walking Dead fans’ introduction to its universe started when Nick woke up in an abandoned drug house. It seems like a bad trip at first but becomes all too real when his loving girlfriend becomes the horrifying zombie ex. In one of the rare few vulnerable scenes in both Fear and the original, Nick flees in complete disarray. Frightened, panicked, and entirely confused. Nick’s natural reaction resonates with the viewer as what we would all likely do when faced with such a predicament.
Bewildered and shocked, sometimes the simplest scares are the best. Nobody in Fear’s universe yet knows of how to handle a walker or what they even are. That’s the beauty of this moment, no zombie horde required for believability. Even one is enough to send its prey running like a gazelle in the safari. Fright is strongest when its unknown.
Nick discovers his life changed irreparably forever as he sprints away to safety. His unreliable reputation would prove to be an immense obstacle, as no one wants to believe him. His drug use history overshadowing any recollection of what happened at that house. Madison, preoccupied with the fact Nick would even stay in such a place and what it says about how she raised him. It’s not until much later, that the Clark family and everyone else discovers the man was telling the truth.
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